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"I don't have a good answer for you (there are so many articles that discuss protecting personal data) - but the same thing happened to me, and I was lucky in the fact that they made a small ($3) test purchase on a porn site (maybe a day pass?) - that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by shelbaroo, kwaller
7 days ago
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"I usually ignored most emails (I was on okc too, where I found my beloved Mr. X) - but occasionally, if they sent a thoughtful and well-written initial message, I'd respond with a "I just started seeing someone, but thanks, and good luck!"..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
9 days ago
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"There's been a rather insidious virus going around lately which bills itself as 'XP Antivirus 2009.' I don't know if that's what he picked up, but the only thing that truly removed it was a program called MalwareBytes. I don't want to link to it,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by micawber
3 weeks ago
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"A wise MeFite once told me "Don't throw your pearls before swine." Think about that a bit." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wilder
3 weeks ago
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"Ouch, I'm sorry to hear this.
If the relationship is over, which it sounds like it is, sharing a house until November is not going to be easy. What you don't want to do is follow him around the whole time, with a "Can we work this out/I love..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blindcarboncopy
Last month
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Grief is itself a medicine. - Cowper
favorited 15 times, recently by LittleMissCranky, silverstatue, Nedroid, acorncup, deafmute, invisible ink, hulahulagirl, ihope, librarina, kparker, M.C. Lo-Carb!, i_am_a_Jedi, dreamphone, sculpin, inigo2
Last month
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"I'm apartment hunting now, too - and I'm with Jessamyn, I have to have a bathtub. If I buy a house (maybe in the next five years or so) same thing.
Then again, I also do other stuff in the tub - rinse out screens, soak delicate clothes, etc......" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Sheesh, as in she had sex in front of the open window. Lesson learned. It's humiliating, yes, and those guys are assholes - but "emotionally damaged" sounds like something her lawyer prompted her to say...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies, hjo3
2 months ago
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"You might want to read some of Jon's (Blurbomat) entries regarding Heather (Dooce) and their battle with depression etc...
These two, in particular, are excellent.
Stress Depression and Me
How I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by streetdreams, citron
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Er... (cough of mild embarrassment)... poems from R.E. Howard. [Conan]
Marching Song of Connacht
The men of the East are decked in steel,
They march with a trumpet's din,
They glitter with silks and golden scales,
And high kings boast their..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Caduceus, misha
2 months ago
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"My favorite is Vincent D'Onofrio's character on Law and Order : Criminal Intent. According to the Wiki : "At times, Goren's investigative style resembles that of a high-functioning autistic, or someone suffering from OCD, (e.g. Adrian Monk,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fructose
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
""They have found a makeshift shower room, cooking rings for the secret family to heat food, and a room lined entirely in rubber whose use is unknown."
That's it for me, I think. I need to go take some very deep breaths...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Riverine
4 months ago
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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable. -Goldwater
favorited 11 times, recently by streetdreams, lxs, TheSecretDecoderRing, Arasithil, flutable, TheDukeofLancaster, elquien, infinityjinx, bitteroldman, apartment dweller, herbaliser
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Seanyboy: "Don't give me that vishnu line. I'm not going to see the error of my ways by being asked how I'd feel praying to one of your crazy muslim gods."
1. Vishnu is a Hindu god. Islam has only one god, that would be Allah.
2. No..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by seanyboy
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"DocCurly, your friend and his snotty elitist attitude is one of the reasons why opera isn't more popular today. For example, I've heard Handel's Messiah performed many times, and do I focus on the alto that keeps falling a half beat behind, or the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Hicksu, lucky mollusk, Foci for Analysis, imperium
4 months ago
MeFi post:
Let no one sleep...
favorited 24 times, recently by Phire, Mick, moonbird, lucky mollusk, rongorongo, electriccynic, ekstasis23, analogue, amyms, Foci for Analysis, roll truck roll, frykitty, taosbat, ceri richard, WolfDaddy, get off of my cloud, donnagirl, nola, trip and a half, Turtles all the way down, woodblock100, lrobertjones, acro, goodnewsfortheinsane
5 months ago
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“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”
favorited 12 times, recently by yoHighness, sentient, divabat, SisterHavana, elisynn, psmealey, bilabial, SteveInMaine, Listener, melorama, lekvar, Phire
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I dunno, Civil - I suppose it's naive, but I often use my real name as a username, as I do on MF. I figure I have nothing to hide, and I'll never be in politics anyway.
However - all of the Liosliaths out there are not me, while it seems like all..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by evilcolonel
10 months ago
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"On a previous AskMe, I said, (little more info added)
"If you can't get to the breakers for some reason, just unplug/shut down absolutely everything. I shared a house once where the landlord lived in the back half, and I was in the front -..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
11 months ago
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""Take that nasty non-handwashing people."
I don't wash my hands, for two main reasons - first, lots of other people don't = germs on the door handle anyway. Second, people don't dry their hands properly, so you have a wet and germy..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Zosia Blue
Last year
MeTa comment:
"Now sanko is going apeshit with the favorites.
Is sanko a tehloki wannabe?
posted by amyms at 7:55 PM on August 27
DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND THAT..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Tennyson D'San, loquacious
Last year
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"Tehloki, this sounds like you. Please go get it checked out (including the sleep apnea thing).
Derail - Though, in a sick way, if you did end up kicking the bucket by choking on your uvula, what a great topic that would make at Meetups...ok, I'll..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
Last year
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"Some of the most valuable advice I ever got about this kind of thing was right here on AskMe, in this post.
In a nutshell, it's OK to feel irrationally freaked out, and you'll stop feeling that way in your own time, not when anyone else thinks..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by konolia
Last year
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"I have a cat who likes to dig to China, and a kitten who wouldn't cover her poop/liked to poop in the tub. (Hey, it isn't a giant litterbox that's cleaned right away? That's what SHE thinks.)
I found the litter she liked, first. Poop covering..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes
Last year
MeFi comment:
""to understand that the squicking is due to a lack of understanding..."
Wrong. I understand why people do it (or, I understand the reasons they gave for doing it, which may or may not be the real ones), and I'm still squicked out...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I don't know if any of you have ever been in this situation, but I have. I was jerked out of sleep one night by a woman screaming "Help, please, someone help me!" Over and over again. It was a residential area, with some streetlights, but..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by perilous, Pope Guilty
Last year
MeFi comment:
"OMG. Best. Intro. Ever. (Raunchy page loading graphic + awful Flash splash = comedy gold)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LeeJay
Last year
MeFi comment:
""Why oh why. Coincidence does not equal irony.
(This seems especially difficult for a lot of Americans, for some reason.)"
Oh God, not the old chestnut of "Americans don't understand X." How tedious. I'm laughing at you with..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by deborah, jlbartosa, tehloki, flibbertigibbet, found dog one eye, Slarty Bartfast, horsewithnoname, uri, yerfatma, OmieWise, milov, lazymonster, lupus_yonderboy
Last year
MeFi comment:
"From another article - "O'Dorney's parents are proud that he remains a well-rounded kid. He has a first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, takes piano lessons at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and plays piano to accompany his church's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pineapple
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Tehloki, I'm only mentioning this as a matter of interest, not a suggestion to perpetrate criminal activity, but have you ever read Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World? Say, right around pages 96-7...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
Last year
MeFi comment:
""For nearly 14 centuries, calligraphy has been the most important medium of artistic expression in Islamic culture. This is due to it being the noblest of the visual arts in the world of Islam, for it is the writing of the Qur'an that is sacred..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by isopraxis, miss lynnster
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I was all ready to get snarky about who's a "crazy cat lady," and who's not - then she started to singe "This is the way we wash our paws."
You win...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spaceman_spiff
Last year
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"I met my husband at the tail end of a five year relationship with another guy - instant chemistry, bells, birds singing, etc.... Came home from holiday and told guy #1 it was over - and I haven't cheated on Mr. L in the five years that we've been..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Mr. Gunn, limeonaire
Last year
